Weather Records on 20 November 2012

657 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 2012. Highest significance: Oakridge Fish Hatchery, US.

Key Facts for 20 November 2012

On 20 November 2012, 657 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
433 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 648 daily.
Oakridge Fish Hatchery set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 20 November 2012.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

657 stations

657 station records on 20 November 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Holley	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yeovilton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Powers	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lacomb 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Idleyld Park 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grayland	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flekkefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lookingglass	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Pt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth: Mountbatten	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lemolo Lake 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Junction 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kvavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coquille City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aneroid Lake #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gasquet Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

657 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 286, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 20 November 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	286
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 20 November 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 648.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 2012

Top 20 records on 20 November 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 2012	Oakridge Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2012	Riddle, US	all-time rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2012	Drain, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2012	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2012	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2012	Toketee Falls, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Winchester, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Holley, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Yeovilton, GB	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Powers, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Lacomb 3 NNE, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Mae Sariang, TH	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Three Lynx, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Idleyld Park 4 NE, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Port Orford 5 E, US	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Grayland, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Flekkefjord, NO	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2012	Adjuntas Substn, PR	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 657 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	465
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1